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Special education teachers’ reflections on school transition practices that support partnerships with businesses to prepare students with disabilities for employment in Saudi Arabia

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  • Almalky, Hussain A.
  • Alqahtani, Saeed S.

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This study examines special educators’ perspectives on the relationships between schools and businesses concerning the practices used to prepare students with disabilities for work. Based on a review of the literature, we developed a survey to investigate whether teachers believe that such partnerships prepare students with disabilities for working life after graduating. A total of 73 special educators participated in the survey, which assessed teachers’ perspectives toward (a) transition planning; (b) transition assessment; (c) types of skills they provide for students with disabilities during school; (d) currently implemented transition practices; and (e) partnerships and collaboration between schools and employers. The findings revealed that special educators believe their schools have adequate practices that support partnerships with businesses, specifically because they implement the best transition practices in planning, assessment, and needed skills provisions and work together to facilitate the transition to employment for students with disabilities. Most stated that these partnerships allow their students to participate in volunteering, employment training, career exposure, and internships. Students also learn social, communication, and personal skills (e.g., self-advocacy, self-determination, and self-management) that help them become successful in their personal and professional lives. Given these findings, we discuss implications for practice and research.

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  • Almalky, Hussain A. & Alqahtani, Saeed S., 2021. "Special education teachers’ reflections on school transition practices that support partnerships with businesses to prepare students with disabilities for employment in Saudi Arabia," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 120(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:cysrev:v:120:y:2021:i:c:s0190740920322350
    DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2020.105813
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    1. Almalky, Hussain A., 2020. "Employment outcomes for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities: A literature review," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 109(C).
    2. Almalky, Hussain A. & Alqahtani, Saeed S. & Trainor, Audrey A., 2020. "School-business partnerships that facilitate postsecondary transition: Evaluating the perspectives and expectations for families of students with disabilities," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 119(C).
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